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Posted by Bailey The Dog on 01/19/06 07:34
Check out the MicroTrack 24/96. I have used this a great number of times
with tremendous success. It aslo has ALC (auto level control) List is $499
but most online stores are selling for $399. I use a sennheiser MEII mic
with mine.
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/MicroTrack2496-main.html
<rrstudio2@icqmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am looking into purchasing a cheap digital record for the purposes of
> running a lapel mic into it and then using this audio as the audio
> track for videos. So with that said, I don't expect studio quality
> audio, just fairly decent, definately better than a camcorder's audio.
> This flash recorder idea is instead of spending lots of money on a
> quality wireless mic. WIth this, I plan on just putting the whole
> recorder in the speaker's pocket. I am aware of some of the
> disadvantages such as not being able to control the recording level,
> however, as I mentioned, I am only going for decent quality. I am
> specifically looking at the iriver IFP-899 which has a mic input and
> has the ability to record MP3's at 44.1khz with a bit rate of 320 kbps
> which to me sounds like it would work fine for doing audio recordings
> of someone speaking. My question is about the mic input and the type
> of mics that would work with it. Someone
> (http://www.misticriver.net/showthread.php?t=27404) says the mic input
> specs are
>
> - DC-Voltage (to power eletret mics) 2,75V at 4.5 kOhms.
> - Input impedance: 1.9 kOhms, independent of settings, measured at
> 1kHz.
> - Input 'sensitivity' (measured with record slider at highest gain with
> 1kHz sine wave): Mic. 9mV rms, Line-in 50mV rms. With this values, the
> level indicator is at half hight. At 11mV/61mV distortions are starting
> to go over 1%, independent of other settings.
> Well, it seemes that a standard microphone is good for the ifp-series
> if you intend to sing and maybe scream directly into the mike. To pick
> up everyday sound, say a chat or unamplified instruments in some metres
> distance, a x5 to x10 amplifier is needed to get an acceptable signal
> to noise ratio
>
> I don't know much about input sensitivities, I am looking at using an
> electrest condenser clip on mic which list the impedance (at 1000hz to
> be 1000 ohms and the sensitivity (at 1000hz) to be -65db. Do you think
> this mic would work and provide the iriver with enough signal strength
> to make a decent recording?
>
> Any other thoughts on flash players under $200 that may work for this
> type of application? I briefly thought about the m-audio microtrack,
> but it is a little too expensive and has a few too many bugs for the
> price of it.
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
> Andrew V. Romero
>
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